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Is it possible to use a guitar amp head with a bass amp?

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:49:48 +0000

I want a new amp head for my guitar, but my guitar amp is kinda small and I don’t really love it. I have a big bass amp though that I love and have used with my guitar many times. So is it ok to plug a guitar amp head into a bass amplifier?

Your terminology is unclear. An amp head is just the part into which you plug a guitar or bass; it uses wall power to produce a higher-power signal but does not have speakers. You plug an amp head into a speaker cabinet.

A speaker cabinet has one or more speakers and a jack on the back into which you plug the cable from the amp head. The cabinet doesn’t use power from the wall or have any switches or controls.

A combo amp has both the amplifier and the speaker(s) in one box.

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Bass cabinets do not produce the high-frequency sounds that most people want for guitar. Many bass amps are flatter than guitar amps and don’t produce the same electric-guitar sound that you’ll expect from a guitar amp.

You’re less like to damage anything by using a guitar with a bass amp & speaker than by using a bass with a guitar amp & speaker, but still be careful if one component is much bigger than the other.

Vox Pathfinder 15R Guitar Amplifier

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:10:47 +0000

http://www.worldmusicsupply.com/Vox-Pathfinder-Guitar-Amplifier.html

Paul Kramer (Korg, Marshall, Vox) demonstrates the Vox Pathfinder 15R Electric guitar amplifier.

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How to set up your guitar amp for rock tones and sounds, distortion, gain, overdrive

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:48:33 +0000

the site http://www.guitarjamz.com

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Xits X10 Fatsound Guitars Amp Demo by Greg V.

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:22:32 +0000

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Dr Z MINI Z guitar amplifier demo with Fender Stratocaster

admin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:16:42 +0000

http://www.drzamps.com The Mini-Z from Dr. Z demoed with single coil pickups on a stock American Standard Stratocaster

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Riffguy on a $199 guitar & amp package

admin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:21:28 +0000

How can you go wrong?

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Just to clarify the point of this video…..

This was a guitar package returned to a department store because it “defective”. I picked it up for very little money and found it to be a surprisingly good guitar. I made this video to show young players that a high end instrument, although superior in quality, won’t necessarily make you a better player.

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What settings should I have on my guitar amp for bass?

admin — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 01:41:23 +0000

I know I should get a bass amp, but all I have is a Peavey guitar amp to work with. I was just wondering how I should EQ everything like the lows, mids, and highs. I also have a decent size effects pedalboard with fuzz, delay, tremelo, and phase. I kind of want a crushing bass sound and don’t want it to sound scooped.

I don’t know what your definition of "crushing bass sound" is, but if it involves a lot of low end you’re not going to get it from a guitar amp. The speakers are likely too small (if they’re anything less than a 10"), and the cabinet design is probably wrong (especially if it’s an open back cabinet).

Since you didn’t specify what brand and model of bass you have, and what model of amp it’s not really possible to give you any specific settings.

If you don’t want your instrument to sound "scooped", then leave the mids up.

The best thing you can probably do is to start with all of the tone controls at 12:00 (halfway up). Start out at a reasonable volume, and start adjusting the controls until you get something you like.

If the speaker(s) start to sound like they are rubbing or "farting", then you’re trying to push too much bass through them. Back off, or you’ll likely damage them.

Get your basic sound dialed in before you start adding any effects. The problem with most guitar effect pedals is that they chop the low end of the signal off. That works well for a guitar…not so much for a bass.

That all said, Lemmy of Motorhead pretty much plays through what started out to be a guitar amp. There’s not a lot of low end in his sound, but I consider it pretty "crushing". Then again, he’s playing through eight 15" and eight 12" speakers spread over 4 cabinets.

Good luck.

Greetings from Austin, TX
Ken

Orange Amps TH100 Guitar Amp Demo

admin — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:34:27 +0000

The TH100 is an affordable, versatile amp from Orange. It is the highest gain and cleanest amp we’ve ever made! Two channels: Dirty and Clean. Switchable between 100, 70, 50, and 35 Watts. This amp combines the Dirty channel of the Thunder series with an ultra-Clean channel. The result is a range of tones. It might be our most versatile amp ever!

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What guitar amp sounds MOST like the Mesa Boogie Mark IV?

admin — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:19:24 +0000

I have been playing guitar for 8 years, (I’m 14 years old) and my favorite band is chevelle, which mailny uses the mark iv head. Unfortunately, I cant afford that amp, nor do they even make them anymore. I was wondering what amp/effects can I use to get a Mark IV sound/chevelle sound?

You might want to look at Line 6 modeling amps as an affordable alternative to the Mesa. Is it the exact same? No. It doesn’t cost a couple of thousand dollars either.

Mesa Boogie amps have their roots in small fender amps. Randall Smith, who founded Mesa, got his start by hot-rodding small Fender amplifiers. One of his first big customers was Carlos Santana. Randall boosted the power on one of Carlos’ 22 watt Fenders to 100 watts, added a lot of gain to the preamp, and retuned the tone controls. When Carlos heard it for the first time, he said something along the lines of "that little SOB really boogies". From then on, the name stuck

Keep this in mind…even if you had an exact duplicate of someone’s guitar rig, you will not sound exactly like them. So much of the sound of a guitar comes from the fingers. Find a tone you like, and play on!

Good luck.

Greetings from Austin, TX
Ken

Spinal Tap – These Go To 11

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:48:28 +0000

A clip from “This Is Spinal Tap” where Nigel shows Marty his equipment and comments on his amplifier that “goes up to eleven”.

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